Table 1: Three perspectives helping understanding the relationship between religion and communication.
Perspectives Proposition Intended Sight Attitude Behavior of Pursuing Religious Communication
Absolute Value-Based Perspective (AVBP) Absolute proposition executing religion’s absolute value Inside-Out Sight Attitude placing humans’ attitudinal base on their religion’s unique identity and applying this to non-religious phenomena. The process of getting the answer from the question ‘What religious communication acts correspond with the realization, preservation, and strengthening of the absolute value of my religion?’
Symbiotic Value-Based Perspective (SVBP) Macro-proposition executing symbiotic value Outside-In Sight Attitude based on nonreligiousuniversal, objective ethics and trying to connect such ethics to practicing religion’s fundamental The process of getting the answer from the question ‘What religious communication acts correspond with the execution, preservation, and strengthening of a symbiotic value in modern society?’
Virtue Value-Based Perspective (VVBP) Anthropocentric proposition executing virtue value Human-based Insight Attitude based on human virtue, the original target of insight in religion, and trying to connect itto the execution of religion’s fundamental meaning. The process of getting the answer from the question ‘What religious communication behaviors correspond with the realization, preservation, and strengthening of basic human virtue value?’